Prospectus Hit List for May 30

Hit List for May 29
Hit List for May 31After six straight months of using this platform to poke fun at all 30 teams, I thought we could end on a high note. From the Dodgers to the Tigers, here's what every team has to look forward to in 2018. Thanks for reading, friends. It's been a blast. See you next year.

Hit List updates were published Monday and Thursday through the 2017 season. Data is based on games through the day prior to publication.Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

26

23

26.0

26.5

26.3

.535

.555

36.6%

30.7%

67.3%

-5.1%

3.1%

Derek Jeter won't hit .400, but if he can hit .300 with 50 points of plate patience and 120 points of isolated slugging the Yankees should count their lucky stars. Just the ones they own will do.

7

32

17

29.8

30.7

30.1

.626

.607

65.7%

14.2%

79.9%

-3.5%

-10.2%

If you want to attend Vin Scully Bobblehead Night, you have to buy a 10-game ticket package. Or just wait two weeks, when nobody cares anymore, and pick one up on eBay for $8.

8

24

25

20.6

19.3

19.9

.428

.408

0.4%

0.0%

0.4%

-2.0%

-1.2%

The most dangerous possibility for opposing pitchers when facing the Pirates offense is dehydration due to excessive drooling.

9

23

26

23.7

23.1

23.2

.475

.495

22.8%

11.4%

34.3%

-1.2%

-9.8%

The five runs Justin Verlander gave up were the most he'd allowed since September 24th against Baltimore. Before that you have to go back more than a year, to when he gave up six to Tampa on May 24, 2011. Moral: Verlander good.

10

26

25

26.6

26.9

26.2

.518

.538

5.5%

50.0%

55.5%

-0.8%

22.0%

The Angels have won eight in a row and are 5 1/2 games behind Texas with 111 games left to go. Still think the race is over?

11

21

28

21.9

21.9

21.5

.440

.421

6.3%

14.6%

20.9%

-0.4%

2.8%

Welcome to Building Narratives From One Stat! In 2010 with Kansas City, Zack Greinke struck out 7.2 batters per nine. Then he came to Milwaukee, where he's since struck out 10.3 per nine. Therefore, Zack Greinke hated Kansas City! Yay!

12

27

24

27.0

25.7

25.6

.516

.496

33.5%

17.3%

50.8%

-0.0%

-18.1%

22

28

20.9

18.2

18.7

.399

.419

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-1.2%

The miracle of the hold statistic is that a team can accumulate them while losing. The A's, for example, blew a two-run lead in the ninth to lose but still got two holds. Oakland is tied for 23rd in holds, which is the problem. More holds, please!

14

17

34

18.6

19.1

20.0

.366

.348

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

With the idea that sometimes things really are as bad as they seem, I present The Padres as a Mystery novel: "I did it." "Yup."

15

22

30

24.7

23.2

23.4

.448

.468

0.0%

0.4%

0.4%

0.0%

0.0%

A team on a five-game losing streak with Jason Vargas on the mound is facing the best hitting team in baseball on a four-game winning streak? That's just a reverse lock right there.

16

17

32

16.8

18.2

18.3

.359

.377

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Twins relievers have the lowest strikeout rate in baseball but the third-lowest walk rate. Twins relievers are the little league parents of baseball. "Here it comes... OK, junior, swing!"

17

17

32

19.2

20.7

21.5

.400

.381

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.4%

35,219 fans turned out to watch the second-worst team in baseball defeat the worst team in baseball. Cubs fans are either the absolute best or the absolute worst.